Assessing the effect of an antimicrobial wound dressing on biofilms

Wound Repair and Regeneration

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 52-57

  Percival, Steven L ^a   Bowler, Phil ^a   Woods, Emma J ^a  

^a Deeside Industrial Estate   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLUORESCENT DYE; SILVER;

ARTICLE; BACTERICIDAL ACTIVITY; BIOFILM; CHRONIC WOUND; CONFOCAL LASER MICROSCOPY; ENTEROBACTER CLOACAE; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; WOUND DRESSING;

ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS; BANDAGES; BIOFILMS; CELLS, CULTURED; ENTEROBACTER CLOACAE; MICROBIAL VIABILITY; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; SILVER COMPOUNDS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 38349153041     PISSN: 10671927     EISSN: 1524475X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1524-475X.2007.00350.x     Document Type: Article

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